Lignin-enzyme interaction: A roadblock for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics

C Huang, X Jiang, X Shen, J Hu, W Tang, X Wu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficiently producing second-generation biofuels from biomass is of strategic significance
and meets sustainability targets, but it remains a long-term challenge due to the existence of …

Steam explosion of lignocellulosic biomass for multiple advanced bioenergy processes: A review

Y Yu, J Wu, X Ren, A Lau, H Rezaei, M Takada… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass to produce fuels and chemicals is an effective way
to gradually relieve the global threats of petroleum exhaustion and climate change …

Lignocellulosic biomass: understanding recalcitrance and predicting hydrolysis

A Zoghlami, G Paës - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly
composed of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer …

The critical role of lignin in lignocellulosic biomass conversion and recent pretreatment strategies: A comprehensive review

CG Yoo, X Meng, Y Pu, AJ Ragauskas - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneity and rigidity of lignocellulose causing resistance to its deconstruction have
provided technical and economic challenges in the current biomass conversion processes …

Recent advances in understanding the effects of lignin structural characteristics on enzymatic hydrolysis

Y Yuan, B Jiang, H Chen, W Wu, S Wu, Y Jin… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose for bioethanol production shows a great potential to
remit the rapid consumption of fossil fuels, given the fact that lignocellulose feedstocks are …

Efficient sugar production from plant biomass: Current status, challenges, and future directions

JY Zhu, X Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

Advances and perspectives on mass transfer and enzymatic hydrolysis in the enzyme-mediated lignocellulosic biorefinery: a review

C Sun, X Meng, F Sun, J Zhang, M Tu, JS Chang… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymatic hydrolysis is a critical process for the cellulase-mediated lignocellulosic
biorefinery to produce sugar syrups that can be converted into a whole range of biofuels and …

Coupling the post-extraction process to remove residual lignin and alter the recalcitrant structures for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated bamboo …

C Huang, W Lin, C Lai, X Li, Y Jin, Q Yong - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a mild and facile post-extraction using different reagents was evaluated to
overcome these recalcitrance for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated …

Current understanding of the correlation of lignin structure with biomass recalcitrance

M Li, Y Pu, AJ Ragauskas - Frontiers in chemistry, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Lignin, a complex aromatic polymer in terrestrial plants, contributes significantly to biomass
recalcitrance to microbial and/or enzymatic deconstruction. To reduce biomass …

Changing the role of lignin in enzymatic hydrolysis for a sustainable and efficient sugar platform

C Cai, C Zhang, N Li, H Liu, J Xie, H Lou, X Pan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrolyzing lignocellulose, the most abundant biomass raw material in nature, into
monosaccharides by enzymes and then transforming the sugars into chemicals and fuels by …